Karuk Climate Adaptation Plan

Type

Tribal Adaptation Plans

Publication

Karuk Tribe, Karuk Climate Adaptation Plan, Karuk Tribe, 2019

Year Published

2019

Organization

Karuk Tribe

Description

"Within Karuk Aboriginal Territory on the mid Klamath, the effects of climate change including changes in precipitation patterns, decreased snowpack increasing droughts, increasing frequency and severity of wildfires, and disease and pest outbreaks are immediate and occuring now." To download a PDF of the plan, click here.

Geography

Northern California

Website

https://karuktribeclimatechangeprojects.com/climate-adaptation-plan/

Contact Information

Bill Tripp, Deputy Director of Eco-Cultural Revitalization, Karuk Tribe

The Tribal Climate Change Guide is supported through partnerships between the University of Oregon Environmental Studies Program and the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, the USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals and the Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 Tribal Program.
Questions about this Guide should be directed to kathy@uoregon.edu.